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Overview
WXN28 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Springfield, Maine, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service office in Caribou, ME programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Lakeville. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
WXN28 covers 3 counties: Penobscot County, Washington County and Aroostook County (south part). A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook County | ME | 023003 |
South part |
| Penobscot County | ME | 023019 |
Entire area |
| Washington County | ME | 023029 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXN28
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Springfield, ME
- Transmitter site
- Lakeville
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Caribou, ME
- Office address
- 810 Main St, Caribou, ME 04736
- Office phone
- 207-492-0182
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WXN28 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Springfield, ME
- NWS office
- Caribou, ME
- Covers
- 3 counties
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